Which to use
“degli” is a preposition and “del” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,845
- “degli” frequency rank
- #3,719
- “del” frequency rank
- 49564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degli | del |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli | Bezeichnung für ∂, ein Symbol für die partielle Ableitung – es ist nicht mit dem kleinen Delta δ zu verwechseln |
Letter map: degli vs del
Shared letters muted; letters that set degli and del apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. degli runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against del's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for degli / del
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: degli is apreposition and delanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degli is recorded at frequency rank #45,845, classified as aprep, pronounced [ˈdeʎʎi]. del is at rank #3,719, tagged as anabbrev.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49564, this pair ranks #1,206,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of degli vs del
Shared letters: del. Private to "degli": gi. Private to "del": -.
"degli" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "del" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- degli ← ddegli · deggli · degil · deglli · delgi · dgeli · edgli
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "degli" and "del" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "degli" or "del"?
After this comparison
You've compared "degli" and "del". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "degli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "del" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,206,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degli" and "del" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs demi". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,206,700 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.